Fix : Pin to Start not working in Windows 10

Pin to Start feature of Windows 10 lets you Pin any app or folder in Start menu. When you right-click on any application icon or folder, and you do not find Pin to Start context menu item, then it can be fixed by making changes in the Group Policy. If your edition of Windows 10 does not support GPEDIT command, then you can fix the same via the Windows Registry.

If you enable this setting, you will prevent a user from selecting an app, resizing a tile, pinning/unpinning a tile or a secondary tile, entering the customize mode and rearranging tiles within Start and Apps.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, you will allow a user to select an app, resize a tile, pin/unpin a tile or a secondary tile, enter the customize mode and rearrange tiles within Start and Apps.”

4. Make sure this policy is set to Not Configured.

5. Also, double click on the Start Layout policy to check that it is also set to Not configured or Disabled.

If your Edition of Windows 10 does not support the Group Policy Editor, then open Run box and type Regedit and click on OK to open the Windows Registry.

If still one of above solutions does not work for you, then you might want to re-register the Shell32.dll file, by running the following command in an elevated command prompt window:

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

regsvr32 is a command-line utility which is used for registering and un-registering OLE controls like DLLs and ActiveX controls in the Windows Registry. Shell32.dll is the file that handles shell API calls and the /i parameter calls the DLLInstall function.